Luby's (STU:LUB) Debt-to-Equity: N/A (As of Aug. 2021)

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What is Luby's Debt-to-Equity?

Luby's's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2021 was $0.00 Mil. Luby's's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2021 was $24.21 Mil. Luby's's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2021 was $0.00 Mil.

A high debt to equity ratio generally means that a company has been aggressive in financing its growth with debt. This can result in volatile earnings as a result of the additional interest expense.

The historical rank and industry rank for Luby's's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Luby's was 1.03. The lowest was 0.01. And the median was 0.20.

STU:LUB's Debt-to-Equity is not ranked *
in the Restaurants industry.
Industry Median: 0.875
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-Equity only.

Luby's  (STU:LUB) Debt-to-Equity Explanation

In the calculation of Debt to Equity, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by Total Stockholders Equity. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.

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Luby's Debt-to-Equity Related Terms

Luby's Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Luby's's Debt-to-Equity can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Luby's Debt-to-Equity Chart

Luby's Annual Data
Trend Aug12 Aug13 Aug14 Aug15 Aug16 Aug17 Aug18 Aug19 Aug20 Aug21
Debt-to-Equity
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.21 0.35 0.47 1.03 N/A

Luby's Quarterly Data
Nov16 Feb17 May17 Aug17 Nov17 Feb18 May18 Aug18 Nov18 Feb19 May19 Aug19 Nov19 Feb20 May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21
Debt-to-Equity Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.03 N/A N/A N/A N/A

STU:LUB vs BDL, ARKR, BFI: Debt-to-Equity Comparison

For the Restaurants subindustry, Luby's's Debt-to-Equity, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-Equity data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Luby's Debt-to-Equity vs Restaurants Industry

For the Restaurants industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Luby's's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Luby's's Debt-to-Equity falls into.


Luby's Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Luby's's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Aug. 2021 is calculated as

Debt to Equity=Total Debt / Total Stockholders Equity
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Total Stockholders Equity
=(0 + 24.205) / N/A
=N/A

Luby's's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2021 is calculated as

Debt to Equity=Total Debt / Total Stockholders Equity
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Total Stockholders Equity
=(0 + 24.205) / 0
=N/A

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Luby's Business Description

Address 13111 Northwest Freeway, Suite 600, Houston, TX, USA, 77040
Luby's Inc is a multi-branded company that owns and operates restaurants in the United States. Its operating segments are Company-owned restaurants, which generate majority revenue; franchise operations; and Culinary Contract Services. The company-owned restaurant's segment consists of brands including Luby's Cafeteria, Fuddruckers, and Cheeseburger in Paradise with a couple of non-core restaurant locations under other brand names. It only offers franchises for the Fuddruckers brand. Franchises are sold in markets where expansion is deemed advantageous to the development of the Fuddruckers concept and system of restaurants. The CCS operation, branded as Luby's Culinary Contract Services, consists of a business line servicing healthcare and corporate dining clients.